| Pronunciation: | | `hemee`metu'bâlik
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[adj] (of an insect with aquatic young) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the young does not resemble the adult |
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HEMIMETABOLIC is a 13 letter word that starts with H. |
| | Synonyms: | | hemimetabolous, hemimetamorphic, hemimetamorphous, metamorphic |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larv[ae] differing
from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the
grasshoppers and cockroaches.
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